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NITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

ALBAN I-I. REID, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUTTER-PRINTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 493,517, dated March14, 1893.

Application filed August 31,1892. Serial No. 444,654. (No model.)

To ail whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBAN H. REID, of Philadelphia, county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Butter-Printers, &c., of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to butter workers and printers embodying a box orreceptacle having a movable bottom, a packer and an operating lever,arranged to work and pack the butter in the receptacle and thereafter toelevate the bottom with the print thereon to admit of the removal of thelatter.

The invention consists in various improvements and devices of thischaracter, designed to cheapen and simplify the construction, render theoperation easy and effective. and to provide for varying the capacity ofthe receptacle and regulating the size of the print. The invention alsoconsists in the details of construction and combinations of partshereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved device applied to a table, the latter being indicated by dottedlines. Fig. 2 is a vertical central longitudinal sectional elevation ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a similar view with the bottom or follower in anelevated position. Fig. .4 is a horizontal section on the line 4-4. ofFig. 3. Fig. 54s a transverse section through the follower on line 5-5of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the follower. Fig. 7 is abottom plan view of the removable print block.

Referring to the drawings,-A represents a block or receptacle consistingof the end pieces a a, the lower side pieces 0. a and the upper sidepieces a o the said parts being rigidly secured together by means ofbolts or other appropriate fastening devices in such manner that a spaceis left between the up per edges of the lower side pieces and the loweredges of the upper side pieces, which space is adapted to receive thesides of a recess formed in a table B. In this way the receptacle may besecured rigidly in position.

I extend the upper side pieces a and a some distance rearward and secureto the upper edge of the same, a top 0, the forward portion of which isprovided with a vertical opening 0, corresponding in size and form tothat of the receptacle, and the rear part with a vertical longitudinalslot. The end piece a. is also provided with a longitudinal slot thepurpose of which and that of the slot in the top will hereinafterappear.

Within the receptacle I mount a vertically sliding block or follower D,formingin efiect a movable bottom, adapted to support the butter duringthe formation of the print, and to be elevated to raise the same fromthe receptacle. The follower is in turn supported normally by a plate E,secured to the bottom of the receptacle, and provided with alongitudinal slot 6, the purpose of which will hereinafter appear. Thefollower carries at its upper end and at its top a removable print blockF, having its exposed face ornamented or otherwise formed to leave itsimprint on the butter in a well known manner. The follower is elevatedby means of a lever K,which is provided at its rear end with a dependingcurved arm K, bolted to the lever, as shown. The arm extends within theslot in the top 0, and is provided with a perforated hub is, as shown inFig. 4, which extends between the rear ends of the side pieces 0t" and aand turns therein on a bolt extending through the hub and the said sidepieces. The upper end of the arm extends forward and downward, where itis provided with a packer block L, and arranged to operate on the butterwithin the receptacle for the purpose of packing and working the samecompactly therein. The extreme lower end of the arm is adapted as thelever is raised, to enter a vertical slot M, formed in the bottom of thefollower, and engage therein between two pins m m, extendingtransversely of the slot. Under this construction and arrangement itwill be seen that when the lever is raised the end of the arm willengage the upper pin m, and lift the follower, at the same time passingupward within the slot in the end piece a, and as the lever is depressedthe end of the arm will engage the lower pin and positively lower thefollower. The relative arrangement of the parts is such that the levermay be raised from a horizontal position to an inclination ofapproximately forty-five degrees, before its arm will encounter thefollower. This I deem of importance in that the lever may be movedfreely to a limited extent, without interfering with the position of thefollower. By this means the packer may be operated to pack and work thebutter within the receptacle previous to the elevation of the followerto discharge the print.

In order that the capacity of thereceptacle may be varied to regulatethe size and weight of the print, I provide the follower inits underside with four screws 0 O &c. forming legs which support the followerabove the bottom plate E. By screwing these legs more or less into thefollower the latter may be sustained at varying heights, andthe-capacity of the receptacle be thereby varied and regulated asrequired.

In order that the print block may be removed when desired I form in itsunder side a longitudinal channel G, and apply to the block a plate H,having a longitudinal sloth, therein of a width slightly less than thatof the channel. ceive the heads of logs I I, projecting from the upperface of the follower. The sloth, being too smallito admit of the passageof the heads will in this way hold the print block securely to thefollower. By sliding theformer endw-ise they will disengage from thelugs and the block may be removed. The edges of the open slotarerounded, as shown, to facilitate the entrance of the lugs when theprint block isto be applied.

In=operating my device, the follower beingsustained normally by'theplate E, the butter is placed in the-receptacle, and the'lev'er movedupward and downward kneading and working the butter within thereceptacle. When it has been sufiicient'ly packed its upper edge may besmoothedby means of a knife or paddle, and on theelevati'on of the:lever its arm engaging the follower will cause the same to rise, liftingthe print until its lower edgeis above the top of the receptacle when itmay be removed.

It is to be understood that various changes in the details shown, whichmay suggest themselves to the skilled mechanic, may be made withoutdeparting from the limits of my invention.

This channelis adaptedto re- Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim is- 1. In a butter printing apparatus the combination of thereceptacle, the follower therein, provided with a transverse opening inits base, the operating lever adapted to enter the 5 5 openingin thefollower and to positively raise with the vertical slot and transversepins, and theoperati'ng le'ver having its end arranged to engage betweenthe pins on the elevation of the same. v V

3. In a butter printing apparatus thecombination of the receptaclehaving a bottom E. the follower movable verticallyin said receptacle, apivoted lever for operatin g the follower, a packer block connected withthe le- 7c ver and an adjustable support between the bottom andthefollower; whereby thel atter may be supported in different verticalpositions. y

4. In a butter printer, the combination of the receptacle, thevertically-movable follower therein the lever for operating the:follower, the presser-block carried: by thelever, the plate appliedtotheunder si'deof the recep tacle, and the adjusting screwsrproje'cting fromthe'under side ofthefollower in position to be sustained by the plate.

5. The combination of. the receptacle, the movable. slotted followertherein, the transverse pins in the follower, the operating lever,

the curved arm carried thereby with its rear end in positionto enter theslot in the follower and engage between the pins,.and the print block atthe forward endof the arm and'capable of a limited vertical movementinde- 9o pendent of the movement of the follower.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand-,this 6th day of June, 1892,in the presence of twoattesting witnesses.

ALBAN II. REID.

Witnesses:

W. E. ANDERSON, NEIL MCGLADE.

